half-subdued
- a word derived from subdued.
Example Sentences
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The appalled man stands for a few seconds as unmoved as a statue; and then, turning with a half-subdued smile, takes the hand of the other, coldly.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
Here are the bounds, more than once infringed by the half-subdued nomads, and there was every reason to believe that Omsk was already in danger.
From Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar by Verne, Jules
The Shah retreated upon Lahor; and the disordered state of the Doab began to be reflected in the only half-subdued conquests of the Viceroy of Audh in Rohilkand.
From Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by Keene, H. G. (Henry George)
But still she only laughed, in spite of the agitation but half-subdued in his voice.
From The Tidal Wave and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
She liked him better than the ordinary mute, half-effaced, half-subdued man she usually knew him to be.
From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
